Recent Posts
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#159 – Goodnight with Jason Kruppa (author and host of “Producing the Beatles” podcast)
After an unintended, Hurricane-induced hiatus, we're back in action! And what better way to get the party started back up than by talking about..."Good Night"?
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#160 – I’m Happy Just To Dance With You with Chloe & Daisy of All About The Girl podcast
The Beatles needed a song for George Harrison to sing in their first film, A Hard Day’s Night. After producing his first self-composed song on the band’s previous album...
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#161 – I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party with Dr. Christine Feldman-Barrett (author, scholar, historian, musician)
After 3 albums where he comes off as the alpha male/leader of the gang, John Lennon seems to be dealing with a crisis of confidence...
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#162 – Another Girl with Ken Womack (author, podcast host, professor of English and Popular Culture)
It's easy to overlook a song like "Another Girl," as it sits on an album with multiple classics, and is featured in a film that's usually given the short straw when discussing the Fabs celluloid catalog...
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#163 – Chains with Susan Cowsill (singer, songwriter; The Cowsills)
This 1963 album Please Please Me album track is a great example of the Beatles understanding the value in digging through record store racks for songs other bands weren't playing...
Reviews
Ranking the songs of the Beatles? What could possibly go wrong? But somehow this podcast gets it just right thanks to the wit and charm of the co-hosts and their guests. The listener quickly discovers the rankings are used not to incite heated arguments but rather as a starting point to spark a positive deep dive into every Beatle song. Put simply, Ranking The Beatles is a welcome addition to the Beatle podcast universe.
Required listening if you like The Beatles at all. Great guests every week and Jonathan and Julia are fun and genuinely funny (even the tired Mike Love jokes). I listen every Tuesday morning as soon as I wake up. One week around Christmas they took the week off so I just slept the whole week until there was a new episode. It was worth the wait.
Nice to see a truly excellent new Beatles podcast. This one is hosted by a very appealing young couple, who along with their well selected guests, have a winning combination of professional musical knowledge and the enthusiasm of fans. It’s an interesting format that by definition promises to only get better as it goes along. If they can make the “Only a Northern Song” episode good then they’re unstoppable